At 05:38 PM 12/1/97 -0800, libertyc wrote:
>About a month ago, a spit owner got help on a leaky heater valve (screws
>into the head and is controlled via cable from dash).....well of course I
>didn't follow closely and now mine is leaking. I vaguely remember
>someone suggesting messing with the packing in it. Any one care to
>replay this one for me???
>
>Carl Huppert
>
INSTANT REPLAY FOLLOWS:
>
>Worldly Scions,
>
>I recently replaced my heater control valve and thought
>some of you might benenfit from my experience. FWIW the
>failure mode of the old valve was an internal leak
>(i.e. the heater was ON a little all the time).
>This only presents a problem in the summer months :-)
>
>The later Spit heater valve is NLA but can be "repaired"
>using a part from the "other" LBC company as described
>in TRF's glovebox companion.
>
>VB had them in stock, so I went this route.
>
>What VB does *not* provide is the brass adapter that is integral
>to the heater control valve. This part is not shown seperately
>in any catalog (except Moss Europe) and appears to be part of
>the valve casting. The old brass adapter was easy enough to
>re-use, but when it was detached from the valve body another
>"unlisted" part was revealed. There is an internal sealing ring
>inside. Much like a flattened rubber grommet. Moss Europe is
>the only catalog that shows this part (I don't know if they have
>them in stock).
>
>One other complication was the poor tolerances on the VB part.
>The hole that mates with the adapter was a good .02" oversize.
>I ended up having to use copious amounts of form-a-gasket-goop
>to fill the voids. Not a very elegant solution, but it doesn't
>show and it doesn't leak (yet).
>
>Having gone through this exercise, I think I would try the TRF
>repair next time.
>
>Riding more comfy now,
>
>Bob Sykes
>'78 Spits
Atwell (Buff) Haines
'79 Spitfire FM96062
Succasunna, NJ USA
CarBuff@scooter.net
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